AMT pl. 028 06

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P400279

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P400279.

Transliteration

[...] 1(u) 5(disz)-szu2 _en2_ x x [...]
[...] _lag#! a-sza3 sud2 a! bi_ ta-s,a-hat _nag_-ma [...]
[...] x-ma _szu-si gig nig2-sum-mu#? [...]
[...] x _du3_-usz _tu-ra_ ina _e2 gub_-az# [...]
[...] _ka2_ ki-a-am i-sza2-si# [...]
[...] x ana-ku _lu2_ lem-nu _igi#?_ la na asz x [...]
[...] x x x [x x x x] ud# din#? [...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — AMT pl. 028 06. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P400279) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P400279..

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